S & M

Oh yes - S & M...what a wonderful thing!

No, sorry to disappoint, but I am not talking about the whole sexual thing. You didn't think I was going there, did you?

I am talking about an old album from Metallica where they play live with The San Francisco Orchestra.

A buddy of mine gave me the cd to listen to a few months back, and I must say, it has quickly become one of my faves. Listening to the melody, and having seen the video where the violins are jamming and just trying to keep up, well...lets just say it rocks. If you're a rock afficienado like I am, and you can appreciate stellar lyrics coupled with multiple melodies that entertain the soul, you will love this! Try it - you will like it!

Moving on to other things - lets talk about the career thing.

I have been so focused, so totally involved in attempting to be the guy that gets after it and shows what good is, that I sometimes forget a simple fact.

And what is that fact?

This is a contact sport.

That means that I am talking to dozens of people on a daily basis, and in the course of those conversations, flirtations will take flight. I had a friend ask me a while back, "What will you do with those that take it a bit further and decide they don't want the investment, but rather you?"

To which I guffawed, and said, aint' happening. First, I am all about the biz, ain't lookin', and wish to get to the facts. Secondly, that won't happen, as I am just some guy off the street, and folks have other things in their lives to worry about other than some guy standing at their door trying to get into a convo about how he can help them secure their financial lives.

And...Wrong!

I ran into the deviation from the mean, which is to say, I ran into a few that weren't about the investments so much, but let me know they wanted to talk to me. My friend told me this would happen, but I wasn't a believer. I mean, c'mon, I am not at all going there or giving off those vibes. When someone goes from not wanting to give you their name to wanting to make sure you stop back or call them, and they have already told you they are divorced, or single, or a single mom, or they are fixing to go out on girl's night out and where they will be, they are sending clear, obviouls signals. What's more, when this happens within one block, you wonder if you're dealing with desperate housewives scenario, or just what exactly is going on. Maybe I am just sending out a karma that makes them think it is ok.

And what did I do with this?

Nada. Again, I ain't lookin', I am all about business production and getting onto the next. But I would be lying if I didn't say it didn't make me reflect and smile. It IS a contact sport, and very much like those guys who didn't have the 'game' in school, they knew one thing most don't - if you keep asking, and pressing, you will walk away with the cheese.

As for the rest of it, life has been moving at a rapid pace. I'll likely be moving soon, I can't find time to take care of mundane things, and I wake up in the middle of the night wondering what the hell I am doing and where I am going to be...you know the classical question from tests - Do you ever have racing thoughts?

Umm, yeah, pretty much every day. Doesn't everyone have those?

At any rate, I have rambled enough, and I must get a few things done. I am not able to log in and check the interesting posts of others near enough, but that is just the way things work these days. At some point, given the effort I am putting forth, that will change and I will be able to go back to actually having a life. I would rather that be sooner, but until the numbers prove it out, I am the proverbial mouse on the wheel in the cage.

Hope ya'll are doing great and bringing it!